Tire valve



M J. PAYNE TIRE VALVE original Filed oci. 27, 1920 3mm/Hof,

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` UNITED s'rATfEs Lerma PATENT-OFFICE.

MARSHALL il'. PAYNE, '0F STAUNTON, VIRGINIA,- .SSIGNOB T0 THE '.P-Am VALVE CORPORATION, 0F STAUNTON, VIRGINIA.

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Application med otoher27, 1920, Serial No. 419,855. Renewed Oto'ber 8, 1927.

My invention relates to tires valves, and, in its-most specific form, to valves of the type forming the subject of my United States )Patent No. 1,333,091, March 9/20, in

which provision is made for" positively holding the valve pending-upon the ,air pressure within the tire. The objectof my invention is to provide a construction which will eiliciently 10. prevent leakage l of air. My invention therefore consistsin the construction defined vby or embraced within the scope of the appended claims.` l

In the accompanying drawings:-

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section or a valve mechanism embodying' my inventiom the valve bein seated;f

Fig. 2 is a similar view on a lar er scale of part of the mechanism showing t e valve ofi its seat;

. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section'of the valve mechanism embod ing my' invention in a' combined valve an pressure gauge..

Referring in detail to what isrshown 1n Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, 10, designates a tire stem with the customary bore, 11, leading from the outer end into the tire e and the bore being enlarged and internally threadedat its outer end for the screwing thereinto of the externally threaded reduced portion, '13, of the tubular valve body or casing, 14. Passing thru the 'casing,'-14, is a valve stem,15, which' at its inner Iend'has secured the valve, which comprises a metal .35 head, 16, and a gasket, v17, preferably of .Y

rubber, whih isseated in a recess inthe head and lies between the latter :and a flaring collar, 18, thereon. The gasket, 17, 41mp inges upon the edge of an annular rid elike rib, 19, on the .inner end of the va ve casing,f14, the inner and 4outer sides of said rib, 19, being beveled, the innerside being an outwardly Haring icontinnation of the' inner end of the, bore, 20, ofthe valve. body, 45 14. The diameter oflthe stem, 1.5, is re-i duced, as by vtapering it longitudinally'of the stem at on angle that is a continuanceof the collar, 18,'.for a distance lengthwise of the stem suiicient, .when the/valve is of!v its seat tothe limit, to" rovide naqsubstan tial annular space aroln the stem for the' -I free flow of air both forfinflation and delation of. the tire. This formation of the valve stem I\also utilize. b makingv it in` effect a supplemental, -va vet by to its seat instead of desired, be giv causing it, when the valve gasket, 17, is on 4 its seat, tov engage a gasket, 21, that' is seated upon an annular shoulder, 22, in the bore, 20. The gasket, 21, on its outer side may enter an. annular recess,- 23, to prevent accidental dislodgement of 4the gasket. As shown, the valve head, 16, has a threaded hole to engage thread'on the extremity of the stem,l 15. Such thread on the stem exi tremity, however, does not extend entirely to. the collar, 18, butadjacent the shoulder formed by such collar, and against which. the gasket, 17, bears, the stem has an unthreadedor smooth and tapered ortion, 24, the taper being the reverse-'of t e taper of the collar, 18. By such smooth tapered portion the gasket is saved from injury or` damage which itmight suffer from more or lessrshar screw thread n,and by the ueezing to w ich the gasket fis. subjected in its cbntact with such ta ered portion, 24,' the air-tight conditions o the structureare promoted. The screw connection .between the 'valve head, 16, and the stem is provided to facilitate removal of the gasket because the valve head, 416, may be readily removed `and replaced and thus should there bea worn or defective gasket, wastefulness offparts on.

be desired out of abundant precaution to prevent accidental unscrewing of the valve e'ad, 16, andstem, that may bel done without hindering their ready purposed separation in any desired way, such, for example,

as by coating the threads outside the head,

16, with soft solder, shellac, lead ground with shellac, or heated lead which allo s .with brass of which the valve stein mig t be made. A similar treatment may, if de- A the threads on thecasin ex.-

the

tension, F13, Co add to thetightness'o fit thereof in the y tire stem, 10.

` A light coil spring, 25, 1s provided 'around the stem, 15, that actsyieldiiigly to press' the .stem outward -to closethe valve. At its inner' end said spring"may'bear upon the gasket, 21, and ,thus aid in holding the latter to its seat,.while at its outerv end it bears against va suitable shoulder on the valve stem.,

Preferably, t lowermost coil of the spring, v

25, isl suicien ly reduced in diameter to prevent it dropping off the stem by its contact with the collar, 1,8, this provision being de- .espace between vthe on its interior a taperin sil-able before the complete assembly of the valve parts including the application of the valve head 16, and the gasket, 17. F orposi- A tively holding the valve to its seat the outer `end of the stem is threaded and engaged by internal threads on a rotatable cap, 26, `the valve stem being prevented from rotating when the cap `is revolved by any' suitable means such as ribs, 27, that, respectively, engage longitudinalgrooves, 28,- in the bore of thevalve casing, 14. Such ribs by providing an enlar ent of the valve stem may be .used as the aring for the'outerrend of the coil spring, 25. It will be seen that by reason of the inclination or conicalformation'l afforded by the inner face o f the rib, 19, and its extension intol the casing bore,

l20,'when the gasket, 17, is drawn outward by the described action of the cap, 26, on

lthe valve stem, the resultant on the forces acting on the gasket, which forces are the outwardpull of the stem and the sidewise s' or lateral push of the inclined surfaces is zc such as to'result in crowding or squeezing the material of the sket within the annular re, 20, and the stem.

Preferably, the valve seatingcap, 26, has boss, 29, which coacts with ya correspondmgl flaring sur- A face, 30, at the' outer' end of t e bore of the valve casing, 14, which assures a tight fit of the parts that contributes to the leakproof'eicacy f the valve and also forms a'friction lock that preventsaccidental turning'and loosenin of the cap, 26.

. I safeguard t e joint between the. valve casing, 14, and the tire stem, 10, against leakage of air by a construction and arrangement of gasket and' coacting surfaces similar to vwhatI -employ for the' valve head.

Thus on the outer endof the tire stem, 10,

I provide an. annular ridgeflike rib, 31,

- which is concentric with the bore of the stem, `10, the outer side of said rib being beveled outward and the innerl side being beveled inward and in effect providin'ga conical Y or outwardly flaring mouth, 32around the reducedportion, 13, of thel valve casing, 14. To coactwith said annular rib and in particular'with the sides of the arin 'moutli,

Y Y 32, is a gasket, 33, preferably partia y seated in an annular recess in Athe head, 34, of the valve casing, and encircling and closely litting an adjacent smooth surface on the casing extension, 1-3'. The action of the coacting parts -in crowding the vmaterial of the gasket into the flaring mouth, 32, is essentially thesame as in the case of thel valveV g l ket, 17, and its coacting adjacent surfafies.fh .h kf

preertatter eten 'n aex of the ridge1ike ribsgliall befgfigrllygshrp but it is, of course, not necessary that the v same be` sharp, for satisfactory results are that results in adhesion or cfu sticking of t e -rubber to the metal parts against which itis presented. Y

I also utilize the gasket and ridge-like rib to enable me to make thecustomary head4 or enlargement at the inner end of the tire stem, 10, -separate -fromthe latter instead of integral therewith as thereby a material reduction in the cost of manufacture may be achieved. 'Saidhead isa collar or disk, 35,v

'made separate'from the stem, 10, and screw-A 7ed to the inner eid thereof,A a gasket, 36, being seated in an annular recess in the collar, 35, and engaging on one side an annular ridge-like rib, 37, on the end `of the stem, 1Q, concentric with the bore, 11, of the stem.

`I preferably place around the tire stem, 10, between the usual dust cap, 38, and the i usual clamping nut, 39. a tube, 40, of rubber,

leather, or other gasketmaterial that being v `closely confined between such parts protects or safeguardsA against the entrance or access of water or dust, and al'so promotes the airtight state of the valve. n

`In Fig. .3 of the drawing I illustrate an embodiment of certain features of my -inven tion 1n a combined valve and gage,` using in place of the valve casing, 14, which is screwed tothe tire stem, 10, thegraduated Y Slidable tube, 41, as the housing for the valve mechanism, said tube at its inner endhaving the ridge-likeA annular rib, 190, "which co- A operates with the gasket, 170, in a manner similar to the corresponding arts shown -in Fig. V1, the valve stem, 150, being extended thru the tube, 41,- and at the outer end of vthe latter being engaged by a rotatable cap, 260,- that posltively-sea'ts then-valve. The

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graduated tube, 41.slidesin thetire stem,

,100, such sliding movement being permiible by reason' of a rubber tube, 42, with which the inner -endof the gauge tube, 41, is connected,` the construction in this and other respects which have to do with the pressure gage feature not requirin further explanation'becuse in themselves t ey form no Ipart of my invention. 1

t will be seen that the rib,s,.27,4 constitute flattened extensions which arediametrically.

opposite and respectively enga e the .op-

positely located slots formed by t e grooves,

28, in the casin or body, 14, such slots being 1n the rear en of the casing or body, that is, the end farthest from' the tire and the valve seat being yat the op osite vend of the body or casing with the v vve arranged forward or inl advance of the seat with its stem extending upwardly o r rearwardly through the body so. that the ribs or iiattenedlateral extensions are on the rear ortion of the stem and the rear terminal of t e stem is threaded to receive the threaded socket of the nut, which as has been explained acts to seat the valve. r Y. L

What l: claim is.:

l. A tire-valve comprising atubuzlar member having a valve seat, a valve head, a gasket fitting a recess within'theA head on the side towards the seat, and a stem passing through the head .and gasket, said stem within the gasket having a taper portion against which 'the gasket 1s pressed by movement of the head along the stem.'

2. A tire valve comprising a tubular member having a valve seat on its endvfrom which a surface inclines inward into the bore of the tube, .a valve head, a gasket situated between said head and said seat, means acting on the head to force the gasket against such seat and into. contact with said inclined surface, said means-comprising an externally located rotatable cap and a stem entending from the head thru the et, said stem havin y a taper portion within the gasket with its large end towardsV the side of the gasket that en ages the seat.

3. A tire va ve having a rtubular member with a valve seat,l a valve to coact with such seat, and as tem extending' fromthe valve thru such length from the valve reduced whereby. when the valve is of its seat the reduced portion the body, the rear portion o member having a portion ofitsV of the stem will be the' part thereof adje-- cent the valve seat and a gasket beyond such seat through which said stem passes' and' which'is engaged by a portion of the stem when said valve 1s on its seat, said portion 'of the stem and said gasket being out of Contact;

when said valve is olf its seat.

^ 4. A tire valve comprising a tubular mem? ber having a valve seat, a valve to coact with said seat, a stem extending from the valve into such tubular member, and-a gasket within such tubular member enacting' opposite'ly located slots, a valve arranged in vadvance of said seat for engagin the same wa y'through said stem` being flattened and formed with lateral extensions slidably received in said slots, whereby the valve is held against turning, the rear terminal of said stem being threaded, a nut having and having a stem passing u a threaded socket to receive the threaded ter- `minaleortion of said stem, said nut beingform 'with a shoulder to engage the tubular member whereby to seat Vthe valve, and

a cap 'threaded on said tubular member.

6. The construction set forth in claim 5, and a coil spring conined between said extensions and a=portion of said body for urgingnthe v alve to its seated lposition. Y

testimony ,whereof I ereunto aix my signature.

' rMnnsiexam. J. PAYNE.- 

